Weather

Flood Watch issued February 20 at 4:11AM CST until February 20 at 6:00PM CST by NWS

Effective: 4:11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

Expires: 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THEFOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS IL...BROWN IL...GREENE IL...MACOUPIN IL...MONTGOMERY IL AND PIKE IL. INNORTHEAST MISSOURI...KNOX MO...LEWIS MO...MARION MO ANDSHELBY MO.* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON* A CONTINUED THREAT OF RAINFALL...LOCALLY HEAVY FROMTHUNDERSTORMS...MAY LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...ESPECIALLY ONFROZEN SNOW COVERED GROUND. CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE BEENSTEADILY RISING OVERNIGHT AND IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH ADDITIONALRAIN TO RESULT IN FLOODING.* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS...AS WELL ASSTREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS...IS POSSIBLE.